Which to use
“peel” and “pètes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,302
- “peel” frequency rank
- #48,737
- “pètes” frequency rank
- 79039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peel | pètes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écorce, pelure, peau (d’un fruit, d’un légume). | Pluriel de pète. |
Where the eye mixes peel and pètes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. peel runs 4 letters (CVVC) against pètes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: peel vs pètes
A purely visual mix-up. peel (\ˈpil\) and pètes (\pɛt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peel is recorded at frequency rank #30,302, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈpil\. pètes is at rank #48,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 79039, this pair ranks #24,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of peel vs pètes
Shared letters: ep. Private to "peel": l. Private to "pètes": stè.
"peel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "pètes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- peel ← epel · peell · pel · ppeel
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "peel" for "pètes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "peel" vs "pètes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "peel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pètes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peel" and "pètes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs pètes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #24,205 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.